Another selfie death - 22-year-old boy slips and falls into a ravine in Dehradun

Another selfie death has takenplace when a 22-year-old college student slipped while clicking a selfie at the edge of a mountain on the Dehradun-Mussoorie road. He slipped and lost his footing and fell into a ravine 50-metre-deep ravine.
The victim was a first year B.Com student at a private university in Dehradun, and a resident of Kichha in Udham Singh Nagar. He had gone to Mussoorie on a day-long trip with his friend.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 6 February 2017.

It seems on the return journey to Dehradun, he stopped his bike near Kolukhet to click photos against the picturesque background when he lost hos footing. His friend raised an alarm and called local residents for help who informed police about the incident. The boy had sustained injuries on his head and died on the spot.
Incidentally, the number of selfie-related deaths has seen an upward trend in Uttarakhand.
On January 13 this year, a girl fell into Alaknanda river while she was trying to take a selfie near Koteshwar temple in Rudraprayag district. Earlier, on New Year's eve, a resident of Dehradun fell a victim to selfie - that happened near Chunakhaal on Dehradun-Mussoorie road.
In yet another incident in 2016, a 24-year-old girl fell into Song river at Maldevta on the outskirts of Dehradun as she was trying to take a selfie.


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